Crash victim extricated from car, taken to Newton Medical Center

HAMPTON — A portion of Route 519 was closed for about 45 minutes on Thursday morning after a driver lost control of her car and hit a pole, according to the Hampton fire chief.

The female driver crashed her Toyota around 9:36 a.m. on Route 519 just north of Halsey Road, Hampton Chief Dave Korver said.

“It was a car versus pole and the driver was entrapped on the driver’s side,” he said. “She was pinned against the pole and injured.”

Hampton Fire and Rescue responded to the scene with a crash truck and extricated the victim using the Jaws of Life. She was taken by St. Clare’s paramedics to Newton Medical Center for unknown injuries, Korver said.

The Branchville Fire Department also assisted at the scene to close Route 519.